In his last official press interview with the AP, Vice President Dick Cheney says he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone who authorized or was involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. (Note from the Daily Dude: unless those folks are ready to give up traveling to any country who might issue indictments for war crimes)
Cheney also said that he has no qualms about the reliability of intelligence obtained from terrorism suspects through waterboarding. (Note from the Daily Dude: I guess all the thousands of scientists who say that torture is an unreliable method of obtaining information are wrong)
The VP said waterboarding has produced much valuable information. (Note from the Daily Dude: despite reports that torture-obtained information will eventually prove to be unusable in detainee trials)
Cheney also said he doesn't think anyone at the CIA did anything illegal during interrogations. He says they followed the administration's legal opinions. (Note from the Daily Dude: Let me get this straight-- because Bush ordered DOJ lawyers to write memos saying torture is OK, that makes it legal for Bush to order others to commit torture. Hmmm . . .)
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